Fifi Kuo's Portfolio for Postgraduate

Oh my Dogs Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

I have always wanted to raise a dog since I was little girl, but I can't. My parents don't want to do it. This little dream makes me love to observe every different dogs and illustrate them. They are kind, and they are people's best friends. All these dogs I illustrated is my family's and my friend's and my teacher's dog. They are really unforgettable and important. However, Some of them are no longer exist in this world, I want to remember them in my own way.

By the way, I also make them as post cards or Christmas cards and send it to everyone I loved.

Unique and Unmatched Planet - The Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

I think the reason why I always love to draw the topic about 'Love Earth' in my illustration works is because I have not only participated in several enviromental activities, but also worked for so many projects were related to environmental issues in my premier job. In my personal opinion, nothing is more important than our land and the Earth, so we should try our best to protect it.

I want to convey some ideas about Environmental Protection, and some environmentally friendly ways, for instance, doing well recycling methods, using reusable goods, wearing sweater instead of wearing fur, and so on.

Peace on the Earth

In these illustrations, I used watercolor painting at the beginning, and then made them into computer to process them. In my works, I love to try how to combine traditional painting method and techenologic painting way, and I felt interested in the courses.

e Earth There Are Lots Of Love In Our Tears This painting was an idea comes from the Bible. In the Psalms chapter 84:6 Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

During the period of painting this work, there were lots of tragedies in my country Taiwan. People were sad and hopeless, so I want to convey the message about Love. My creation concept is that there are lots of love in our tears.

Although life is too short and difficult, we still need to look forward to the future with love and hope.

LOVE- Love Our Valuable Earth

For The Enviroment Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Taipei Frog (Hylarana taipehensis) - One of Taiwan Endangered Protected Specific Frogs I have enthused for enviromental issues since I knew there are lots of problems about our land and water and forest, and so on. Owing to I had worked for NGO group after I graduated from university, those experiences make me like to draw about environmental issues. Through my illustrations, I hope I can deliver the message about our environment should always be concerned.

Invitation Design & Illustration For Environmetal Education Activity In A-Li-Ban Eco-Farm

Illustration & Design For Tea Labels I design these tea labels for A-Li-Ban Eco-farm's traditinal Taiwanese black tea.

Design Processes

Manuscript

Final Version

Illustration & Design For Easy-Card Sticker I designed this work for Taiwan enviromental NGO group in order to raise funds and save enviroment.

Website

Manuscript

Between Human Society & Nature Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Taiwanese Traditional Flat

I always love to illustrate window scene when I taking Taipei Metro. I also love to draw so many different houses everywhere.

Sketch- Small Mountian Village In China

Small Village In The Europe

Sketch-Taiwam Yang-Ming Mountain National Park Scenery

Loving Trees Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Drawing trees is one of my favorite things when I am painting. Trees are so vital and precious that I have already taken them as an essential element in my every works. Another reason I love trees so much might be that I major in Landscape Architecture department at university, and one of my courses is Botany, so I used to illustrate so many diffirent types of plants and trees in my class. Actually, In my opinion, trees are the gift from the God. Moreover, trees are just like the guardian for our enviroment, so all the human beings should protect trees.

Sketch of trees Left: The plan view & the rendition of tree symbols Right: Elevation and Section of trees

Hug Tree

Tree is gone

The idea of these painting I want to convey two difference emotion between people and trees, one is appreation, another is sadness. As for me, when I see a tree is gone, I always feel terrible.

Those Flowers Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Somewhere Beyond Right And Wrong There Is A Garden, I Will Meet You There. -Rumi One day that I just saw this poem was written by Rumi, and then I really want to draw a scene at that moment immediately.

I love flowers, and I love to draw flowers especially after seeing a movie. I think every flowers is as charming as movies, it is not only inspire, but also meaningful. There are so many different flowers and each of them has its own meaning.

Some flowers stand for love, and some are in the name of freedom, and so on. When I am drawing flowers, I always feel the world is wonderful and I can stay in a good mood.

Left: I draw a floral Logo for my mother's handmade soap

We Accept The Love We Think We Deserve 'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower' is one of my favorite movie, I love it so much. After I saw it, I drew this work. I think everyone is seraching for love, and everyone need love, but the truth is most of us don't really understand what is love and how to love.

My Hippopotamus - The Best Friend Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

There are so many hippopotamuses appeared in my works, because it is just like a symbol of me and my best friend. When I want to make some connections between myself and my works, I would use this character in my painting to stand for me and convey something interesting and funny or serious issues.

The reason why I created this animal is that my best friend always calls me Hippo as a nickname, and in our opinion, we think hippo is a adorable creature. Both of us love it, and this animal has been the most important connection of us since we first met. Therefore, in my illustrations, I always draw the hippo in it.

A Best Friend Is A Gift Of Life Everyone have their own best friend.

Most important of all, a best friend is like a gift of our life. We have to chrish it and appreciate it.

Hippos Have Appeared In Many Works

Hippo's name: Vita Favorite food: Chocolate Characteristic: Big nostril / Small eyes / Thick lips

d Inspired Me

Floating Hippos In The Summertime I drew so many different expressions and actions of these hippos, and it was a interesting experience.

The Best Best Friend Would Do Comic

Manuscript

After drawing these manuscripts, I was worried about I should keep it without colored or not.

Let’s Sing A Song When Autumn Is Coming

Happy Chinese Moon Festival

Autumn is my favorite season, everything seems shining and gold.

I also make a joke for the footprint on the moon

My Little Kindom

Sometimes I want to go back to my childhood and play with lovely animals in my imagination.

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My Dream Library

App Sticker

Let me hold an umbrella for you

I drew these stickers in order to apply for the Line Sticker.

Drawing for the Hong Kong protest demonstration.

Hippos Little Gallery

Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Love Is The Reason Why Everything is existing Copying Gustav Klimt Work: KISS

The Weight Of the Dream

The original version is drawn by Gustav Klimt ( 1862-1918, a Austrian painter). I love the KISS so much. It is my favorite painting, so I copy it, and use my hippos instead the human.

Dream is heavy, but dreaming is sweet. And dream is just like a heavy tree on the shoulders. To keep dreaming can make it grow stronger.

The Rhythm Of The Trees In The Autumn

So Lonng, Farewell

She always remembers to follow those steps of the autumn romance, but always forget to wear a coat when facing the cold winter.

Saying goodbye is a kind of wisdom, and sometimes it is reaaly hard to say goodbye. In this painting, I drew a movie theater, because my concept is that sometimes life is just like a movie, and sometimes our real life is even more dramatic than movie.

No matter what will happen in the future, we all have to live in the moment and cherish the moment we have had.

My Little Prayers Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

All The Little Prayers Are Based On The Real People In My Church.

This work is really special for me, because I made this work for my Church. At that time, they want to make a special ‘Prayers Project’ to let people accept Jesus more easily, and these little prayers might be a friendly way to introduce Jesus for people.

This project is so cool that I love this work so much, and I am really glad that everybody in my church loves it.

Original Prayers Design This picture is the first looking for the prayers, and this is the data for other designers in my church can make other prayers. They made so many prayers based on this.

We pray for each other / We hold up our hands / We praise the Lord together

Church Weekly P

We use these little p weekly papper for wh Right side: I also us cards for my friends, from the Bible.

Papper

prayers on the cover of our church's hole month. se my little prayers to make different , and with some encourage sentences

Taiwan Agriculture Experience Acti Illustration & Graphic Design /Jr-Yeu Kuo This is a special case, and I coperated with the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan.

I always want to draw a map for my country, and this project makes my dream come true.

The purpose of this case is to promote special and interesting agriculture experience activities in Taiwan, and I have to use my illustration to introduce it to general public in a special way. Therefore, after I discussed with the team, we decided to draw a map.

Illustration Of The Map I illustrated many details for this Agrivulture Experience Activities Map, such as Taiwan Specific Animals, the highest moutain of Taiwan and some small island near Taiwan. I feel interesting in the progress.

ivities Map

Draft

The Final Version

Painting For The 'Sun-light Coffee S Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

The Coffee Beans Tree On Shop Front Glass

Shop Front Pictures

World Map Details I painted this Sun-light coffee shop when I was only a college student. Owing to the proprietor told me she really loves my work. I really enjoy in this creating process, because I could decided everything by myself. The proprietor really trust me so that I can draw whatever I want that I think it is suitable for this coffee shop style. I appreciate her trust. However, the most special thing is that this shop is not only a coffee shop, because they also sale ‘Taiwan local style beef noodles‘. The proprietor want to combine these two kinds of food together, so when I painted I have to take this in my consideration.

Shop' The World Map On The Glass

Asia & Europe

Painting Process Pictures

Other Personal Work Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Chinese New Years Cards For ‘Horse Year’ in Lunar Calendar

Graffiti

Happy Father’s Day Card

Christmas Ca

It's said that those who don’t sleep confuse reality with dream.

Thank you for your strong shoulders.

Are You Hungry

Christmas Card- Little Penguin Want To Say...

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y Black Cat?

Lovely Izzy- My English teacher's daughter

My favorite Snowman & Olaf (Frozen)

Graffiti & Sketch

To see a Art Exibition is one of my favorite things in my leisure time, and I love to draw some graffiti and write notes wh am going to or what I am doing, I always bring a notebook so that I can draw or write whatever I want.

Graffiti Of The Marc Chagall Exibition- Love & Beauty

Graffiti Of The Salvador Dali Art Exhibition

Sketch Of An Art Exibi

hen I in an exibition. No matter where I

ition In Taipei Fine Art Museum

Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Sketch Of The Marie Laurencin Art Exhibition

Graffiti Of The Joan Miro Art Exhibition

Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Graffiti Of The Pablo Picasso Art Exhibition

Graffiti Of The Claude Monet Art Exhibition

Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Alphonse Mucha Art Exhibition

Taiwanese Window Pattern

Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Travel Sketch & Notes- Egypt

Travel Sketch- France

I love to travel with my family so much. Traveling

Travel Sketch & N

g is a charming thing, and I always write and draw the maps and sketch of my journey.

Notes-Germany

Travel Sketch- Tunisia

Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Residential Garden Design Project This project is the first work in my shphomore and I was happy about that this work was praised by many professors. The design of this major building was based on a house in the U.S.A and I made some change on it. The design concept of the garden is that I want to continue the pattern of the major building from architecture into landscape design, and I designed a British style garden because I love the natural-pattern garden in the United Kingdom so much. It looks just like born in the nature and so pretty.

Study Draft

Model Work Pictures

Painting Works

Model Work- Section

Children Playground Design Project

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This work is my favorite work in my student era, and it was praised by many classmates and professors. I was proud of this work, and I think it can say something by itself because I have already made it very clearly and obviously I think.

The concept of this work is the crying of our land.

I made this design based on the famous painter, Edvard Munch (1863-1944), his work- The Scream(1893). I transformed it into landscape art and brought the idea about protection of our land and the Earth. I attempted to make it more educational and meaningful. Anyway, both of my advising professor and I thought it was a good try.

Study Draft

This site is a parking lot, and professors gave this project for us to practise about children’s playground design.

In my Botanical Planning of this design project, I plant all the maple trees to increase color change and strengthen the image of ‘Global Warming’. What’s more, I designed some fake trees were made by steel in order to make a contrast with the real trees.

In order to be more attentive, I made this entire playground and major-route can be accessible for wheelchair and baby carriage.

Deep Swimming Pool depth: 45cm Shallow Swimming Pool depth: 15cm

Staircase & Entrance

Fallen Urban Plaza & Children Playground

Model Work Pictures

Ammonite Sliding Board

Parents Rest Area Garffiti Tunnels Children Sand Pit

Little Waterfall Dolphins & Whale Play-Facilities

Scream Plaza

Ticket Office Famous Painting’s Wall Playing Area Camara Play-Facilities

Eco-Botanical Wall Original Old Tree

Details

Painting Works- Dear Child, Do You Have Any Idea About The Global Warming?

Site Analysis & Concept

Plan

Section & Sketch & Details Design

Judges’ List Award, 2010 National Stud

Final Version For The Competition This is the first time I participated in the National Student Landscape Design Competition, and it is a special experience for me. During the process, it was quite hard and tortuous with a succession of discussing with professors. I really learned a lot in this project.

The concept of this project is to make a connection between the Internet and the reality, and through this connection was named ‘Passbook‘ to let people get close with Taiwanese traditional agriculture and local ecology issues. To plan a complete ecological travel route for people to use the Passbook to have a journey in local ecology enviroment By the way, it was really surprised me that this work can be winners.

dent Landscape Design Competition

Section Study Draft

First Version

Judges’ List Award

The 'Green Hill Hot Spring Villa' Pla Section Manuscript

This is the first time our professors let us try to do a reality project. This site is in the National Yang-Ming Mountain Nat are many limit on this project. Moreover, there are many protection laws for mountains, therefore, I got to very cautious I used many wooden facilities in order not to broken the original looks of mountain, and I also tried to make every artifi natural and integrate.

This is a villa where offered hot spring for visitors, so I planed some area for personal hot spring area (the small wooden hot spring area. From planning to design, it was a complete process to practise landscape plan in this project. And the B of this project, I kept all the original trees in this site.

Enviroment Study Model Work In order to respond to the Environmental Protection, the study model I used the recycle cardboard to make it.

Site Analysis

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n house) and pubic Botanical Planning

Plan

Sections

Part Design Plan & Section

Drains System Configuratio

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Model Work Pictures

Retaining Wall Facilities Configuration Plan

Details

'Old Street Stream' Waterfront Area P Design Progress

The site of this project is in Chungli City, Taoyuan County. It is a stream near a old street so named ‘Old Street Stream‘.

This project is the second time to practise a reality case, it is difficult and hard, so taking us lots of time to study it. Because this work is a team work during the first study stage, we can learn many things not only from the project, but also from the team work cooperation. During next stage of the project, we have to find a partner and make planning together, and the major concept of our idea is to create the ‘Green Zone‘ and the ‘Blue Zone‘ for this waterfront space.

Enviroment Study Model

Plan & Design

Model Work & Model Detail Pictures

Section Design Manuscript Sections are always helpful for study spaces.

Especially for the waterfront spaces.

Graduate Design Project- A Whole N

Motivation

Old railway in the past

After underground it turns to a blank open space, and we hope to make it as a Green Zone

‘Gateway‘ Concept

巴 黎凱旋軸上 的

市民大道 上

Through the past pattern to see Taipei

老台北城的台北車站

拿破崙凱旋門

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La Défense新凱旋門之間的呼應

台北東區 新 門戶

南港三鐵共構車站

Through Paris urban planning case study to see Taipei

New East Gateway Of Taipei City Designer/Jr-Yeu Kuo Vita Cheng

To open the future of Nankang, and make people to get closer.

To touch citizen’s heart with amazing urban design, and let people live with ‘Green’.

Location 台北市

市民大道

研究範圍

Taiwan

Nankang District

To creat a whole new east gateway of Taipei city

Lots Of Study Drafts

Study Model

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uring the process, it was endless drawing, again, and again, and again.

is work is the most tough and amazing one in my four years university student life. After finishing it, I just felt that y Graduate Design Project(G.D.P) almost had used entire energy of me. In the last year of college, every morning I ened my eyes, and the first thing to do is thinking about my G.D.P and discussing with my partner. I drew almost eryday, and sometimes, it really drived me crazy. We made so many paintings and study models, more than I could emorize. Every month we had to give a presentation to every professors once, and every week we had to discuss th our advising professor more than twice. It was quite pressured for every students. uring this precious year, I had learned many things and knowledge. Honestly, I think it was the most rich and unforttable year of my college memory. I was forced to a whole new level and I appreciated for that.

The essential concept of this project is ‘Whole New Gateway of Taipei City‘. According to Taipei’s urban planning, Taip old one, and new city will be built in the eastern side. In the Taiwan history, when the Japanese occupied Taiwan and the railway, the most important one. While it was planned to underground, we were thinking about the new space and whole new image of Taipei with history, culture, old buildings, nature, entertainment, creativity and the large transit sta

Planning Area- Enviromental Assessment

Compreh

From Pla

Site Plan

Section Manuscript

pei city will develope eastern. The west of Taipei is the d they built lots of infrastructures, and one of those is d some creative way to use it, so we decided to creat a ation in Nankang district.

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Planning Concept

anning To Design

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Program

Route Plan Car People

Botanical Plan

Light Plan

Bicycle

Section

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Model Work Pictures

Details

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B-B'

More Handmade Model Works Japanese Garden

Interior Design

Neighborhood Park

Public Arts Fo

or The Art College Of Fu-Jen University

Perspective & Graphic Drawing

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Graduate's Works Publication of Lan Cover Design/Jr-Yeu Kuo Major Editor Group/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Stamp Design

Book Design

I was one of the major deitor group in our department graduate’s publication, and it was an amazing ‘threesome‘ group. During the edition process, it was totally carzy and tired, but we all have learned many things, for example, we went to the print factory to understand how to make a book. And we were so lucky that we cooperated with a great publishing house, they helped us a lot.

By the way, I also designed the cover for this book, and the reason why is that my cover design was the highest number of votes by my classmates.

Cover Design / Back Cover Design

Selling Website Page

ndscape Architecture Dept.

Inner Pages Design

Graduate’s Foot Poster

Starry Night Cafeteria Project Original Idea/ Vincent Williem van Gogh(1853-1890) Graphic Design/Jr-Yeu Kuo Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

Key Visual Design

‘Starry Night Cafeteria’ is a environmental activity project was hosted by my company, and I was the major designer for this project. During the process, it was quite interesting, and all the elements of this activity, especailly its name, really helps me a lot when I did the graphic design.

I love this work very much, and I am so glad that almost all people come to this activity love it, too.

Everytime people talk about ‘Starry Night‘,I always make a connection with Vincent Williem van Gogh(1853-1890). His paint is extremely amazing so that I used his idea to made this key visual. All works for this project was based on it. I really appreciated him- a legend in the art history.

Chinese Logo Design

First Version

Poster Design

Invitation Design

Unfold Looks

Right: Right side

Left: Back side

I am really satisfied of this graphic work, and both my company and activity participant thought it is satisfying as well. I am so glad that almost everyone think this invitation is a great design. I did spend lots of time to make it better and to be more environmentally friendly, so I made it can be both invitation card and envolope. The key point is this invitation is foldable, all user need to fold it.

Fold Looks

Folding process

Tickets Design

Activity Guide This is designed can be folded as well.

Stamps Design

Unfold Looks

A-Li-Ban Eco-Farm's Visual & Graph Designer /Jr-Yeu Kuo Illustration/Jr-Yeu Kuo

All these works were made when I was doing my first job.

I was a project manager in a N.G.O, and I often need to do many things only by myself, so I also took charge of designer. We care about enviromental issues frequently.

Therefore, my works in that period is almost connective with environmental caring and issues.

I made this little frog by the pattern of veins on leaves.

Coffee Shop’s Logo

Endangered Frog Attention Sticker

hic Design

Environmental Fund-raising Leaflet Design

Design For A Environmental Activity & Farming Working Hiliday

Leaflet.

Activity's Pamphlet

One of Inner Pages

Pre-notifications List

My Chinese Calligraphy Works I had learned to write Chinese Calligraphy since I was nine years old till seventeen years old. To write Chinese calligraphy not only can help me to cultivate good temperament, but also develope a well interest, and it also makes people to write with nice handwriting.

I had participated in many calligraphy competitions in my students period, and I got some nice prizes.

Whatever I will do in the future, I will not forget this precious experiences and try my best to keep practicing this skill.

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the image of TA I WA N E S E AGRICULTURE /Jr-Yeu Kuo

These pictures were taken in a sad period of my life that since my grandmother was sick till her passed away.

I want to remember all these scenery about her, and I hope these pictures can remind me about her and my native land.

During that period, I was sad, but filled with love.

I am still learning how to say goodbye in my life.

Goodbye, My Grandma.

Sunrise -In Egypt

go on the J o u r n e y /Jr-Yeu Kuo

Some pieces were taken in my journey just like treasures in my memories. I enjoy every journey with my dear family, and all my family love to take photos so much, so I develope this interest as well. When I am traveling, I can realize how blessed I am and how much I appreciated the life.

Sparkling Fireworks

Those Flowers

People Fall In Love With Praha

About ‘LOVE‘

My Name Is Jr-yeu Kuo. Female

jryeukuo@gmail.com

Be the change you want to see in the world and try to touch someone's heart with your work.

/ Education Background / Fu Jen Catholic University(FJU), Taiwan (Sep. 2008 – June 2012) Bachelor’s degree, Department of Landscape Architecture

/ Skills & Interests / Software: MS Office, Mac, AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / Indesign / Dreamweaver Interests: Traveling, painting, sketching, playing the piano, reading, Chinese calligraphy, indie rock & classical music, photography

/ Travel Abroad / China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand New Zealand, Australia The United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany Austria, Czech Republic Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan